> > > This has little to do with custom distributions, either. It is about LTSP > > > development, and it arguably belongs on the LTSP mailing lists. > > > > i disagree entirely. as i see it, this is about using a customized > > debian/ubuntu as a framework for diskless systems. > > Exactly the same could be said about X, GNOME, d-i, and any number of other > components which are used in customized distributions. That does not mean > that we should discuss their implementations here, except where we are > specifically adapting them for customization. perhaps i see your point, here. patches that are only relevent for LTSP development should not be posted here, and ditto for lessdisks. i will look for an appropriate LTSP list to post my ltsp-specific work. (that said, please remove the lessdisks list from the CC list in replies to this thread, it requires moderator access for non-member posts, and is arguably off-topic :) > I'm not going to waste any more time arguing about where the discussion > should be held; fine with me. i'm not overly concerned with exactly what happens where, just as long as work gets done, and effort is minimally duplicated. > I have plenty of code that needs writing. speaking of which, i managed to stumble my way through baz and it's bugs/limitations (with much help from otavio and the #bazaar channel on freenode), and my changes to the ubuntu ltsp are published at: http://llama.freegeek.org/~vagrant/baz-archives/vagrant@freegeek.org--2005 in the ltsp--fixes--0 ... branch(?). i tried to make the commits small, but i made no attempt to preserve the order of which changes were made when- it ended up being about 25 patches, and took quite some time to split it all into smaller sets. but it's well worth it. > > my intent with this thread is to see where lessdisks and ltsp can > > collaborate, and ideally bring in others such a FAI, systemimager, etc. > > and possibly even create tools useable by distributions other than > > debian/ubuntu. > > Collaboration between lessdisks and LTSP is even less on-topic here; i would think work on installing ltsp using lessdisks-install as an alternative to ltsp-build-client, with the goal of making a common tools that could be used by all Diskless CDD implementations would be appropriate here. maybe CDD is even too specific, but i don't rightly know where else to take such conversations. > in fact, given the interest you have expressed in collaborating with > LTSP, I'm surprised you haven't approached the LTSP project about > lessdisks, rather than contacting debian-edu, debian-custom, me, etc. well, the ubuntu implementation of LTSP is the first i have seen of anything similar enough to lessdisks that i would have anything to offer LTSP. i didn't know who else to get in contact regarding ubuntu's LTSP but the package maintainer. debian-edu was/is interested in porting the ubuntu packages to debian (i didn't start that thread). debian-custom seems the best place for developing a concept of a Diskless CDD (i didn't move the thread there, either). > It sounds like in the process of LTSP you have developed some ideas > similar to what Jim and I have discussed regarding the relationship > between LTSP and distributions. indeed, which is why i've recently taken interest in LTSP, though lessdisks has only ever made a "debian" implementation. live well, vagrant
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